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Leadership

A Leader’s Honest Prayer

Lord, you are God and there is no other. This morning’s rising sun declares your glory and reminds me of your Word and your Spirit. Nothing is hidden from their light and heat. You are compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth. I am so glad that you are God […]

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Culture

Build Men, not Monuments

I had the wonderful privilege of spending my week near Antalya, Turkey with 170 associates from 37 countries at the MinistryNet09 Conference. Very cool. We immersed ourselves in collaborative workgroups focused on one thing: effectively leveraging the web and social networks to glorify God and help fulfill the Great Commission. Yesterday an optional outing took […]

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Books & Quotes Leadership

Two Great Quotes on Self-Leadership

In their article “SuperLeadership: Beyond the Myth of Heroic Leadership” authors Charles Manz and Henry P. Sims, Jr. question whether the heroic figure of a leader is the most appropriate image of the organizational leader of today. Their answer: true leadership comes mainly from within a person, not from outside. Thus the challenge for any […]